From November 15th 2012 until May 30th 2013, Pierre Bonin (prof. of legal history at Ecole de droit de la
Sorbonne-Université Paris I: Pierre.Bonin@univ-paris1.fr) and Fanny Cosandey (maître de conférences at l'EHESS: cosandey@ehess.fr) will coordinate a seminar on the relationship between family and politics based on the dialogue between jurists and historians and focused on the 16th-18th cent. Nevertheless, the seminar will be open to other historical periods and to the interaction with other fields of research.